International

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/horsemeat-auctions-california_n_2685769.html Horsemeat Auctions? Horses Sold For As Low As $50 In Shocking California Sales (VIDEO) The Huffington Post  |  By Cavan Sieczkowski | Posted: 02/14/2013 California’s Proposition 6, passed in 1998, criminalizes the slaughter of horses and the sale of horsemeat for human consumption within the state. It also prohibits the transport of horses out… Continue Reading

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578303583983620040.html?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f Tata Motors Profit Falls 52% February 14, 2013 By ANIRBAN CHOWDHURY MUMBAI–Tata Motors Ltd. 500570.BY -2.46%Thursday said its consolidated quarterly net profit plunged 52% from a year earlier, as a slowdown in India’s automobile market pushed its local business into a loss and on a lower margin at its luxury-car unit Jaguar Land Rover PLC.… Continue Reading

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323478004578303630011153910.html?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f AMR, US Airways Predict Clear Skies Deal to Create World’s Biggest Airline Wins Kudos from American Airlines Creditors; Former Cubicle Mates Are Reunited February 14, 2013 BY SUSAN CAREY AND MIKE SPECTOR After a year of rebuffs, feints and secret negotiations, the chief executives of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group… Continue Reading

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-14/first-monte-paschi-banker-arrested-54mm-stash First Monte Paschi Banker Arrested With $54mm Stash Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/14/2013 Unfortunately for the apparently not quite big enough to not fail Italian bank’s former leaders, the Monte Paschi derivative debacle just won’t go away. As Reuters reports today, the first (or many) arrests have been made. Gianluca Baldassarri and four… Continue Reading

http://rt.com/politics/military-conflict-gerasimov-threat-196/ Russia may be drawn into resource wars in future – army chief Published: 14 February, 2013 Russia may become drawn into military conflicts as world powers begin to vie for energy resources in the next two decades, said Valery Gerasimov, the head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. By 2030, the… Continue Reading

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-montepaschi-arrest-idUSBRE91D0FG20130214?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 Monte Paschi former finance chief held in Italy  By Silvia Ognibene Manuela D’Alessandro SIENA/MILAN | Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:51am EST SIENA/MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police arrested on Thursday the former head of Monte dei Paschi’s finance department, who is at the center of a probe into alleged fraud and bribery at Italy’s third… Continue Reading

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21456977# Die Hard sequel leaves critics cold 14 February 2013 The latest instalment in Bruce Willis’s Die Hard action franchise has received a largely frosty response from critics. “Last is least,” bemoaned the Hollywood Reporter, while The Scotsman called it a “limp parody” of the 1988 original. “The sense of exhilaration and fun that marked… Continue Reading

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/hungarian-economy-shrinks-1-7-in-2012-official-data/articleshow/18498931.cms 14 Feb, 2013, 03.51PM IST, The writer has posted comments on this articleAFP Hungarian economy shrinks 1.7% in 2012: Official data BUDAPEST: The Hungarian economy shrank by 1.7 per cent in 2012, the first contraction since 2009, and a reversal from 1.6-per cent growth in 2011, the national statistics office said on Thursday. In… Continue Reading

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/eurozone-recession-deepens-as-germany-falters/articleshow/18498865.cms 14 Feb, 2013, 03.47PM IST, The writer has posted comments on this articleAP Eurozone recession deepens as Germany falters BRUSSELS: Official figures show the recession across the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro deepened in the last three months of 2012 as Germany faltered in the face of anemic… Continue Reading

http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/mona-lisa-swiss-painting-original-207/ Mona Lisa 2.0: Swiss painting is ‘the original’ Published: 14 February, 2013 New tests on a Swiss version of the da Vinci masterpiece provides evidence there could be two Mona Lisas. ­The Louvre Museum may no longer be the only home to Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century masterpiece. Another Mona Lisa portrait has been… Continue Reading